Sam Richardson Quotes

Sam Richardson

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 12, 1984

The nature of improvisation is you don't know what's going to happen.

Sam Richardson

Performing in Detroit or performing in Chicago, you're on your own turf, but when you tour a show, the audiences change. You're in a completely different space; sensibilities change. I think I learned a lot from doing that - how written material works in different places, learning to have confidence, learning the idea of how to be adaptable.

Sam Richardson

When you grow up with siblings, you can be like, 'Isn't this weird? Isn't this funny? Do we agree on this, or do we disagree?' You have some point of reference, some touchstone. When you grow up an only child, everything is internalized.

Sam Richardson

My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot.

Sam Richardson

I'm really the only artist in my family. I have one cousin who is a painter. I think I developed all of that from television and books - from being, essentially, an only child. I'm my mom's only child and my dad's fourth child, but separated by 14 years.

Sam Richardson

I use Postmates more than I use the actual telephone app on my phone.

Sam Richardson

As far as magazines, I'll read 'GQ' to see where men's fashion is, but that's really kind of it.

Sam Richardson

I try to tweet, but I still haven't gotten into the rhythm as much as some people who have, like, 20,000 tweets. There are some great comedians on there, so you get some pretty funny hot takes and bits.

Sam Richardson

I really enjoy 'Baskets.' I'm a big fan of 'Archer' and 'Mr. Robot.'

Sam Richardson

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

Sam Richardson

On 'Veep,' people are connecting with each other, even if they're making backhanded comments about somebody behind someone else's back.

Sam Richardson

I grew up between Detroit and Ghana, and I had to make friends in an instant. It sharpened my wit, and also, just for my own sanity's sake, I felt like I wanted to entertain myself. So I'm going through all these experiences, and I ask myself, 'Is this crazy? Is it? Wait, what's so funny about this?'

Sam Richardson

I went to an all-boys high school, and I didn't realize I was going to a Catholic all-boys school until right before I got there. I was so bummed that it was all boys.

Sam Richardson

I've never seen 'E.T.'

Sam Richardson

I do think there's something funny about being over-optimistic.

Sam Richardson

With Richard Splett, he's like the only character on 'Veep' that has no angle. He's guileless. He also believes in the power of government.

Sam Richardson

At Second City and improvising at iO, you're creating a character in an instant. All of a sudden, you're creating this history and this past for your character, and you're discovering it while you're doing it, and that's part of the fun of it.

Sam Richardson

The movie I've seen the most is 'Ghostbusters' or 'Ghostbusters II.' I used to watch those movies nonstop.

Sam Richardson

Like a real dumb idiot, I believed that to avoid a grenade that drops in the water, you could just jump in the water, and you'd be fine.

Sam Richardson

I've never done stand-up in my life. I don't know if that's entirely interesting, but I came up in improv.

Sam Richardson